Thanksgiving

It felt so nice to get out of S. Carolina for awhile. It was nice to have a break from school. Although now that I'm back it is really hard to get back into the rhythm of doing anything! I've been doing a lot of thinking about my future, but I have to get through next semester and summer and hopefully I will be done. fingers crossed.

My crazy brother!

Anyways, Thanksgiving was spent at my aunt an uncle's cabin in N. Carolina. It is probably a tradition now. We've been going for more than 5 years now. I love going to the middle of nowhere and not having access to the internet and not having good phone service. It forces you to get connected with your family. But its not hard. I haven't seen most of my family in months so there is always stuff to talk about. I arrived on Wednesday mid afternoon and was greeted by my brother and my uncle and his brother. I sat down and had some lunch and a brewskie. (much needed after the long drive.) I spend most of the afternoon talking to my brother. My dad drove up that night and hit a deer about 2 miles from my aunt and uncle's. Luckily he was ok and the car wasn't damaged. The deer was ok too! On Thursday, much of the day was spent cooking and eating. We had turkey, quail, sweet potato souffle, mashed potatos, broccoli casserole, rolls and of course multiple choices of pie. Much to my surprise I couldn't eat as much as I normally do, I have weight watchers to thank for that!

On Friday, my aunt and mom were not feeling well, but my mom wanted to get out of the house, so we went to Blue Ridge, Georgia. The town was so cute and decked out for Christmas. My dad, brother and I got to sit in santas sleigh, but I forgot my camera so I have no picture. It was cold that day, not even above 40! But it felt nice. We did a little shopping and then headed back.

River in N. Carolina

Saturday, my mom left to go back to Florida, cuz she wasn't feeling well and had to work the next day. My dad, brother and I decided to go for a drive and drive we did. Dad wouldn't listen to me and so he took a wrong turn. But I guess what are adventures for if you always follow the map? Needless to say I conked out on the way back. We went out for Mexican food with everyone. I tried to put my Spanish skills to use, but alas, I suck! We watched many college football games as well. Many good games and more shuffling of BCS standings. This makes me happy!

Looks like snow, but its frost!

Sunday I left. I didn't want to leave just yet! Mainly, because I knew when I got back I'd have to get back down to the nitty gritty final projects. Also, because I love hanging out with my family and being in beautiful mountains. My car needless, to say was completely frosted over. Luckily, my dad had given me a scraper before he left so at least I could scrape it off.

Just an Update

Well the 1st semester of my final year of college is coming to an end. We have the rest of this week and then the week after thanksgiving for classes and then exams and thats it. I have been crazy busy with projects, papers, studying, etc and I can't wait for Christmas break to come! Even Thanksgiving break will be nice, so I can get away for a little bit. I've also been babysitting a lot more than I usually do. Liam is so funny! You ask him a question and he won't answer anything remotely to what you just asked. Like last night, he spilled his spaghetti-o's on the floor and I asked him how that happened. He said, "It hit my head and fell off my spoon and in the garbage." Ha ha ha. I have no idea how that equates to it landing on the floor but its funny no less. Then I took my glasses off to clean them and he wanted to try them on, he looked so cute! I took some pictures and will try to get one on here. He's such a cheese! Anyways, I hope soon before I leave and have no internet access for thanksgiving, I can post a blog on here about the things I'm thankful for!

PEACE!

It's been awhile

It has been awhile since I wrote last. So much for trying to stay on top of this thing. But hey, I guess that means I have been busy with other things. Those other things would be school and work. There is never a dull moment in my life. Currently, having difficulities getting into a needed class for next semester otherwise I won't be graduating. That is never a good thing. But I guess when life hands you lemons you got to make lemonade.

In honor of all the struggles I deal with I know there are always good songs to remind me that things are going to be ok...Life Ain't Always Beautiful by Gary Allen

Life ain't always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
LIfe can knock you down, it can break your heart

Life ain't always beautiful
you think you're on your way
and it's just a dead end road at the end of the day

But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has its own way of takin' its sweet time

No life ain't always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life ain't always beautiful
But its a beautiful ride

And I wish for just one minute
I could see your pretty face
Guess I can dream, but life don't work that way

But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has its own way of takin its sweet time

No life ain't always beautiful
tears will fall sometimes
Life ain't always beautiful
But its a beautiful ride

Frustrations

The time has come where school is going to get really hectic, thanks to final projects, papers and exams. On top of all of that there is always outside stuff to deal with. I babysit and thats not a frustration necessarily, it is my break away from school for a few hrs. But sometimes when I have so much to do, watching a 3 year old boy isn't always easy. Even though I have to tack on a few more classes for summer and have no idea if I will be graduating in spring, but knowing I will be at the end of summer, freaks me out. I have to begin searching for a job. I have to figure out if I want to do some overseas work, not sure what I'd be doing. I want to travel, before I settle in on a job. However, I may need a job to pay for that travel. Putting together resumes and such is another added frustration...but needs to get done. Another issue is where will I be living after college. I know I don't want to stay here. I thought about going back to the midwest so I could be closer to my best friends, but I don't want to move back just for them. My dream state would be to live in Colorado. So maybe there. I know I have time to think about it, but life is going to begin picking up speed in the next few months and next August will be here before I know it. Another frustration of mine is the place I'm living at recently just changed all of the cable stations. I don't usually watch much tv, so I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with it, except for the fact they took away most of the stations I watched. They know have about 10 home shopping networks and 5 cartoon stations which all play the exact same show. They took away ESPN, which I find rather ridiculous. Not that I spend countless hours watching it, but usually at 10pm, I watch SportsCenter to recap on the days events. In place of ESPN they put the SOAPnet. How ridiculous is that?! Grrrr! A final frustration of mine is my toilet has been broken since last Friday. I went and put in a work order to get it fixed. I knew that no one would come and fix it because it was the weekend and apparently everyone I pay to fix these things weren't around. So I was anticipating for them to come sometime today...no! Granted its only 2:30...but usually they have come by this point. I'm annoyed because my toilet doesnt flush so every time I use the bathroom I have to stick my hand in the tank and pull the plug and then it flushes. I'm sick of it! I'm paying a ridiculous amount of money to live here and maintanence should be here and get it fixed. I feel that I have to fix all of their jobs. I was the one who had to go chase around cockroaches and then had to spray for them, cuz they couldn't do it. I apparently will have to find a way to fix the flusher, because people here have told me there are kits out there, which means I will have to pay money for that, something they should be doing. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!